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Filipino Scientists and Their Contributions

1 Mary Ann Macaloi

With a degree in accounting and for many years as a Church minister, Ms. Macaloi sought to
offer an inventive solution through her patented garbage disposal machine. Ms. Macaloi hopes
for the widespread use of her waste disposal machine to engender a sustainable and 'green'
method of disposal.

Having no formal training in the sciences did not stop Ms. Macaloi from offering a technical
solution to the problem of proper solid waste disposal. With a degree in accounting and for
many years as a Church minister, Ms. Macaloi sought to offer an inventive solution through her
patented garbage disposal machine.

Ms. Macaloi hopes for the widespread use of her waste disposal machine to engender
a sustainable and ‘green’ method of disposal. The invention, which can be placed in the home
much like a washing machine, grinds solid waste into smaller particles or even into liquid form.

2. Melchor Henosa 2016

Again proving that adversity is not a hindrance to innovation and creativity, Mr. Melchor Henosa
has gained widespread acclaim for a technology that automatically stops leaking of automotive
brake fluid.

Like Mr. Miseula, inventor Henosa dropped out of second year high school and became a
jeepney driver for 15 years. This did not prevent his ingenuity from kicking in, when he noticed
one day the persistent brake fluid leakage in his vehicle. He thought of an automatic check
valve to prevent drainage at first drip, and could not stop thinking about the idea days after.

He made his design soon after and borrowed money to make a prototype, which stood testing
and evaluation. For his automotive safety invention, Mr. Henosa was declared the grand winner
of the DOST’s 2016 National Invention Contest and Exhibits (Nice), bagging the Outstanding
Invention (Tuklas) Award, with P150,000 cash, certificate, plaque, and Wipo (World Intellectual
Property Organization) Gold Medal.

3. Julius Sempio, scientist specializing in geoinformatics and remote sensing.

Sempio is an engineer and researcher with expertise in GIS-based satellite data processing–
satellite image processing and interpretation, spatial pattern analyses, thematic mapping, etc.–
and geospatial database design and management. He also handle some computer
programming tasks that aid in completing the above-mentioned tasks efficiently, particularly in
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Python and Java. Sempio, who specializes in geoinformatics and remote sensing, is helping
develop an effective archive and database for images coming from Diwata-1, a Philippine
microsatellite launched into orbit last year, and the future Diwata-2. The system ensures data
from the Diwata satellites “will be readily accessible for applications such as mapping,
monitoring the environment and detecting changes in land features and land usage,” he
explains. Sempio lauds government efforts like Project NOAH and the DREAM Program, and
urges them to build on the Balik Scientist program to let scientists share their experiences with
public school students.

4.Andreia Carrillo, astrophysicist 2016

Andreia Carrillo is an astrophysicist from Bulacan, now based in Austin in the United States,
where she is finishing a doctorate degree at the University of Texas. Her previously published
paper characterized a dwarf galaxy 15 million light years away, including the kinds of stars it
had and their implications on the environment. Carrillo work involves stellar populations, both
resolved into stars and unresolved where you get light from a group of stars.

She works with Keith Hawkins on Galactic Archaeology to study the formation and structure of
our own Milky Way galaxy and how that bleeds into other research areas (planet formation,
satellite population, etc.).

5.Kamela Ng, molecular epidemiologist, 2017

Kamela Ng is a molecular epidemiologist who splits her time between the Institute of Tropical
Medicine at Antwerp, Belgium, and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her current
research is focused on the early detection of drug resistant-tuberculosis transmission in the year
2017, her work will help determine the most useful tool to implement in a particular setting and
will aid in predicting new outbreaks. This is important as it will enable prompt detection of
additional patients who can undergo early treatment and prevent further transmission in the
community.

The goal afterward is to implement a drug-resistant surveillance tool in the Philippines, where
tuberculosis remains a deadly disease despite it being treatable. Particularly worrisome, she
notes, is that rising cases of multidrug resistant-TB in our country are driven by transmission.
After an initial test in three regions, they hope to implement the tool nationwide. She noted that
scientific discoveries improve Filipinos' lives in the aspect of healthcare, particularly in the
“prompt detection of disease and timely initiation of treatment.” Ng hopes the government can
“provide adequate support for scientists” to “reverse brain drain” and sustain a mutualistic
ecosystem through collaborative projects across different disciplines.

6. Migs Canilao, anthropologist and archaeologist, 2017

Migs Canilao is an anthropologist and archaeologist specializing in environmental and urban

Canilao's new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, is probably
the first of its kind – using image enhancement methods to provide clues into the mysteries of
trade and exchange questions in archaeology. Canilao used WorldView2 satellite imagery
provided by DigitalGlobe Foundation, and an 1829 map by Spaniard Coronel Guilermo Galvey
from Archivo General Militar de Madrid. He played with these images as he enhanced certain
details and experimented with the band combination, revealing that some segments of the gold
trading trail.

7. Sarah Oliva, geophysicist, 2018

Sarah Oliva is a geophysicist based in Tulane University in New Orleans, United States. Hailing
from Naga, Oliva had a background in physics and material science but returned to a childhood
love, geology — one that was partially nurtured by having a geologist for a dad. She is primarily
interested in earthquakes and volcanoes.

Olivia's currently working in the Geophysics and Active Tectonics Research (GATR) group with
Dr. Cindy Ebinger, using seismic waveform modeling and numerical stress modeling methods to
understand how the East African rift system formed. Analysis of the waves that accompany an
earthquake can tell us of the mechanism that drove the earthquake – is it simply slip on fault? A
curved fault? Magmatic fluids? – which tells us about the geological processes occurring in an
area, which then in turn, help inform hazards in that area. Stress modeling of surface and
subsurface loads in the region help us identify locations and directions of preferred faulting
and/or magmatism.

Throughout her research, she also had multiple opportunities to collaborate with scientists
worldwide. Olivia done research visits at GFZ Center for Geosciences, Germany, and at
University of Alberta, Canada. In the summer of 2018, she participated as a field assistant in
fieldwork aimed at investigating carbon dioxide flux across a rift valley in northern Tanzania –
the same area that she is studying through a seismic perspective. She also helped install and
regularly service seismometers to study the 2018 Sierra Negra eruption in the Galápagos,
Ecuador.

8. DOST Metal Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) partnered with the
Supercast Foundry and Machinery Corporation (SFMC), in collaboration with the Bacolod
city-based R.U. Foundry and Machinery Shop Corporation (RUFMSC). 2019

The Philippines' first locally-made diesel engine is developed by the Metals Industry Research
and Development Center. The locally-made diesel engine is a 12-horsepower single-cylinder
type, which is strong and reliable enough to power different agricultural machineries. The engine
is expected to provide the required power to propel different agricultural machineries and
equipment to hasten implementation of the Farm Mechanization Program of the government.

9 Jonathan Salvador, Engineer 2020

Also known as a double-outrigger, a trimaran is made up of a main hull and two smaller hulls
(floats) attached to it via lateral beams. Its name is a portmanteau of “tri” (“three”) and
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“catamaran” (the boat type). The first trimarans are said to be Austronesian in origin, and are
still used by traditional fishermen in Madagascar, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia.

The hybrid trimaran currently under construction in Aklan will take advantage of ocean waves to
power itself. It will use the waves gathered via its floats to drive double-action hydraulic pumps
and generate electricity.

Designed by Engr. Jonathan Salvador, this passenger cargo ship will be able to carry 100
passengers, 4 vans, and 15 motorcycles. The vessel will also be able to transport passengers
twice as fast as an ordinary boat. Consequently, shorter trips will also mean reduced amounts of
trash generated by its passengers.

10. Ronaldo Pagsanghan 2015

Counted among the country’s millions of Overseas Filipino Workers and employed as a
seaman, Ronaldo Pagsanghan used his know-how in seafaring in making the “unsinkable” boat
following the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy.

According to an article in the Philippines News Agency, Mr. Pagsanghan was alarmed by the
delay of deployment of rescue boats during the deadly typhoon and was compelled to come up
with the invention.

The “unsinkable portable boat” was applied for patent protection as an invention in 2011, and
granted protection in 2015.
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